The analysis took the positivity rate data from the first week of May (week ending May 7) as the base for comparison as it was perhaps India’s worst week in terms of cases – the seven-day averages of positivity rate and daily infections both peaked around this time in the country. Change in average Covid-19 positivity rate (between May 7 and May 17)All positivity rate figures mentioned here are seven-day averages as it evens out inaccuracies in testing over weekends. A rising positivity rate in a region indicates that the virus is spreading fast within the community. It was followed by Chhattisgarh, where the positivity rate dropped 13.2 percentage points, from 25.4% to 12.2% in the same time period, and Haryana, where it dropped 10.4 percentage points. Manipur (14.2% to 18.3%) and Karnataka (28.4% to 32.4%) both saw positivity rate go up 4.1 percentage points.

Source: Hindustan Times May 18, 2021 22:52 UTC